{"product_id":"mettle-guide-to-the-bible","title":"Mettle Guide to the Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdventure, romance, war, miracles, angels, healings, exorcisms - amazing things happen in the Bible, and amazing things happen to those who read it. This Mettle guide will help you understand the who, what and why of the wilderness, cities, kings, prophets and more. It makes the Bible come alive in a really cool way and easy to understand for 14-to-18-year-olds|Mettle Guide to the Bible is an excellent pocket manual that will engage and inform today's teenagers and uses a similar format to the Mettle daily dated Bible reading notes, produced in collaboration with Youth for Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYoung people can find that reading the Bible is a bit like trying to watch satellite TV without a decoder - the action and storyline appear and disappear through a thick fog. It is possible to think they have got the gist of what the Bible is teaching only to quickly lose the thread.  The original context and the cast of historical characters can leave them baffled and unconvinced that the Bible has any relevance to life today.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this exciting addition to the Mettle series for 14-18-year-olds, Jonathan Brant offers a 'decoder' for young people as they read the Bible. Stressing the importance of reading the actual Bible as well as this guide, he explains how the people of the Bible lived, what they liked and disliked, what they were afraid of and what their concerns were, as well as when and why a particular book of the Bible was written.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guide opens with a really helpful and enjoyable introduction that outlines how to approach Bible reading.  The body of the guide is stylishly designed\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003ewith pithy, grabbing sub-sections.  'INTERESTING BITS!' stands out and helpfully sums up the section just read.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mettle Guide for the Bible is written in language that 14-18s will understand and includes colour maps and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Brant","offers":[{"title":"12\/05\/2009","offer_id":42086343737556,"sku":"9781853455124","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9351\/9316\/products\/9781853455124.jpg?v=1637516609","url":"https:\/\/etcevents.co.uk\/products\/mettle-guide-to-the-bible","provider":"ETCEvents","version":"1.0","type":"link"}